1959 Lady Wigram Trophy

December 2018 December 2018 CUST 8th Lady Wigram Trophy Lady Wigram New Zealand Wigram_Airfield_Circuit_map.png Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand 24 January 1959 Temporary racing facility 2.116 3.403 71 150.23 241.77 Fine Ron Flockhart GBR BRM P25 Determined by heats Ron Flockhart BRM P25 1:22.2 GBR Ron Flockhart GBR BRM P25 Jack Brabham AUS Cooper T45 Bruce McLaren NZL Cooper T45The 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 24 January 1959. It was the eighth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Ron Flockhart in the BRM P25. Classification Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid 1 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM P25 / BRM 2497cc 4cyl 71 1hr 41min 04.0sec 1 2 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper T45 / Climax 2202cc 4cyl 71 + 2.7 s 2 3 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper T45 / Climax 1964cc 4cyl 69 + 2 Laps 3 4 NZL Syd Jensen Cooper T45 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 68 + 3 Laps 5 5 NZL Johnny Mansel Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 67 + 4 Laps 7 6 NZL Bob Gibbons Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl 66 + 5 Laps 9 7 NZL Merv Neil Cooper T45 / Climax 1960cc 4cyl 17 8 NZL Len Gilbert Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Bristol 1971cc 6cyl 10 9 NZL Tom Clark Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl 6 10 NZL Ken Harris Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl 27 11 NZL Jim Palmer Lotus 11 / Climax 1098cc 4cyl 16 12 NZL Roly Lewis RAL / Ford 1172cc 4cyl 24 13 NZL George Lawton Cooper T39 / Climax 1498cc 4cyl 13 14 NZL Graham Pierce Austin-Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl 15 15 NZL Max Richards Austin-Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl 20 16 NZL David Young Jaguar C-Type / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl 21 17 NZL R.A. Beggs Mistral / Ford 1172cc 4cyl 23 18 NZL Mick Jennings MGA TC / MG 1600c 4cyl 24 19 NZL Brian Blackburn Citroen Special / Citroen 1991cc 4cyl 18 20 NZL Wally Darrell ACE III / Ford 2584cc 6cyl Ret NZL Dick Campbell Maserati 4CLT-48 / Maserati 1498cc 4cyl s/c Retired 14 Ret NZL Frank Cantwell Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl Brakes 11 Ret NZL Reg McCutcheon Normac Special III / Chevrolet 3930cc 6cyl Retired Ret NZL Ken MacMillan Cooper T39 / Climax 1098cc 4cyl Retired 19 Ret NZL John Cullen Cullen 500 / Norton 498cc 1cyl Retired Ret NZL Tony Shelly Cooper T41 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl Retired 28 Ret NZL Frank Shuter Maserati 8CM / Maserati 2992cc 8cyl s/c Gearbox 12 Ret NZL Arthur Kennard Healey-Corvette / Chevrolet 4342cc V8 Retired 22 Ret NZL Pat Hoare Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl 7 Piston 8 Ret NZL Ross Jensen Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 4 Transmission 4 Ret NZL Bruce Wood Cooper Mk X / Norton 498cc 1cyl Retired Ret NZL Bob Watson Puma / Austin 948cc 4cyl Retired 26 Source: http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/other1959.html 8th Lady Wigram Trophy sergent.com.au 2016-08-15 References Lady Wigram Trophy 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy 1959 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy Category:Lady Wigram Trophy Lady Category:January 1959 sports events in Oceania